THE LOST JUROR by John Grisham
ISBN 0-385-51043-8
Summary: In 1970, one of Mississippi's more
colorful weekly newspapers went bankrupt. To the surprise and dismay of
many, ownership was assumed by a 23 year-old college dropout, named
Willie Traynor. The future of the paper looked grim until a young mother
was brutally raped and murdered by a member of the notorious Padgitt
family. Willie Traynor reported all the gruesome details and the paper
began to prosper. The murderer, Danny Padgitt was tried before a packed
courthouse in Clanton, Mississippi. The trial came to a startling and
dramatic end when he was found guilty. He was sentenced to life in
prison, but in Mississippi, in 1970, "life" didn't necessarily mean
"life" and nine years later Danny Padgitt managed to get himself
paroled. He returned to Ford County and the retribution began.
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